Outcomes

A Nation in Crisis • The dropout is likely to earn, on average $7,000 per year less than the high school graduate, $12,000 less than someone with an associate degree, and $23,000 less than a four-year college graduate. • In the past 25 years, income for college graduates has increased 13% while the income for dropouts has decreased 30%. • Each high school dropout costs the taxpayer $455,000 over a lifetime. • The dropout is qualified for only 12% of available jobs. • Thirty percent of all incoming freshmen and 41 percent of first-year students at community college enroll in at least one developmental course. Statistics from: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, The Lumina Foundation, the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, Boston Private Industry Council.

Our Communities in Crisis Demographics Unemployment Rates

Demographics

National Average 7.6% (Jan. 2009) MA State Average

RI 10% (Dec. 2008) MY TURN Gateway Communities*

Scored below proficient in English (10th grade MCAS)

25%

39%

Scored below proficient in math (10th grade MCAS)

28%

42%

5 year graduation rate (2007)

84%

74%

Unemployment rate (Dec. 2008)

6.5%

7.2% - 9.7%

•Brockton, Fall River, Fitchburg, Leominster, Lynn, New Bedford, Quincy & Randolph Statistics from: